FOSS Business Governance and Maximizing Value
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The document discusses how FOSS (free and open source software) governance has evolved from a narrow focus on license compliance to maximizing value through collaboration. It provides examples of organizations that facilitate cross-border collaboration on FOSS governance, like the Linux Foundation and European Legal Network. Effective FOSS governance now requires understanding obligations but also managing intellectual property throughout the development lifecycle and supply chain to optimize value for all stakeholders.
FOSS Business Governance and Maximizing Value
- 1. FOSS Business Governance And Maximizing Value Shane Martin Coughlan
- 2. About Me Owner of Opendawn Consulting Regional Director Asia of Open Invention Network Founder of FSFE's Legal Department and the European Legal Network
- 3. What Is This Talk About? Governance and collaboration Let’s start with governance
- 4. In The Beginning... FOSS was pretty geeky FOSS governance was pretty bad
- 5. Today... FOSS is everywhere FOSS governance is pretty good
- 6. Why? FOSS can be used, studied, shared and improved Everyone can work off flexible shared platforms
- 7. Value World-Wide 49 Billion USD market in 2011 Figures from Linux Foundation
- 8. Potential Powered By Licenses The licenses provide common rules
- 9. This Results In A Simple Outcome To get the most from FOSS, people have to understand and follow the licenses
- 10. With Great Value... Comes great administration (sometimes)
- 11. Expectations People will follow the rules People will collaborate People will recognize value
- 12. Early Governance It was all about the licenses There was a narrow focus on compliance
- 13. Some Early Cases GPL-violations.org vs Sitecom GPL-violations.org vs D-Link SFLC vs 14 companies
- 14. Modern Governance Honor obligations in procurement and deployment Maximize value throughout the supply chain
- 15. Growing Up From policy to processes From using to creating From isolation to collaboration
- 16. Common Problems People don't read the licenses People don't follow the license terms
- 17. Simple Solutions Read the licenses Follow the terms
- 18. Lifecycle Management What types of code do you use and why? How do you manage change? How do you ensure your obligations are met? How is this applied through the supply chain?
- 20. Deploying Good Governance Buy or develop processes to manage code Train people internally to obtain value without risk Do the same for the supply chain
- 21. Example Solutions The FOSSBazaar website provides a community for sharing governance data: www.fossbazaar.org Companies like Black Duck Software and OpenLogic provide lifecycle management tools
- 22. Emerging Solutions Linux Foundation has a compliance programme FOSS projects like Open Compliance Suite are appearing
- 23. Governance Summary FOSS governance used to be focused on understanding licenses as obligations Now it is about maximizing potential through shared rules to improve collaboration
- 24. Natural Progression Collaboration is key We need to collaborate effectively
- 25. This Is Not About Code Collaboration is not limited to software
- 26. Platform Management Managers, programmers and legal experts need to collaborate across organizations and borders
- 27. Case Study: Management Linux Foundation helps stakeholders collaborate around Linux in the US, Europe and Asia It runs meetings, working groups and conferences to encourage shared understanding
- 28. Case Study: Legal The European Legal Network helps 280 stakeholders collaborate across 4 continents It runs private mailing lists, special interest groups and conferences to share knowledge
- 29. Case Study: Japan Activities are organized by the government via the IPA and the industry via Linux Foundation Japan Regional organizations like Ruby City Matsue are growing too and host international conferences
- 30. Case Study: Taiwan The Open Source Software Foundry gives support and legal advice to help companies use FOSS A new legal network modeled on the European Legal Network is also being prepared for launch
- 31. Case Study: Korea NIPA is collaborating with KOSS Law Center and FSFE to develop governance activities KOSS is building a legal network and launching an international conference to share knowledge
- 32. Collaboration Summary Software is a knowledge product FOSS is a management approach for this product It requires effective governance and collaboration to create maximum value for everyone
- 33. The Future... Today there are many governance mistakes Many companies and projects are still islands But that is changing
- 36. Licensing These slides are copyright © Shane Coughlan 2009, 2010 and 2011. They are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License